Senior Underwriter, Excess Casualty

Senior Underwriter Excess Casualty

New York, NY I Chicago, IL I USA

AXA XL's Middle Market Excess Casualty business unit offers Umbrella and Excess Liability coverage to North American based Insureds.

Underwriting team is based in the United States.

DISCOVER your opportunity

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Market and solicit new business opportunities from retail broker partners.
• Analyze submission data including applications, policy wording, inspection reports, loss runs, and financial reports while conducting appropriate research to determine degree of risk for each account.
• Utilize underwriting tools including exposure, experience and industry ratings to analyze complex casualty exposure.
• Adhere to underwriting guidelines, underwriting authorities and referral requirements as needed to Underwriting Manager and Chief Underwriting Officer.
• Collaborate with internal colleagues in the assessment of current and prospective risks, including actuarial, claims, legal and risk engineering.
• Pro-active service of business in conjunction with our Middle Office to ensure timely and accurate delivery of quotations, binders, policies and endorsements.
• Cross-sell within Middle Market business unit to maximize deployment of AXA XL’s capital.
• Monitor trends within the marketplace to ensure we stay aware and ahead of emerging issues.
• Contribute to planning through the development and execution of your own annual desk-level underwriting plan.
• Travel throughout the territory for client, broker and internal meetings.

You will report to the Underwriting Manager for Middle Market Excess Casualty.

SHARE your talent

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills :

• Effective relationships within National and Regional brokerages in the assigned territory.
• Moderate to extensive progressive underwriting experience, including umbrella & excess casualty
• Thorough knowledge of commercial insurance coverages and contracts.
• Effective project and time-management skills.
• Effective sales, marketing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

FIND your future

AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re / insurance, we reinvent it.

How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty.

With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

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